Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon et al.

Decided June 29, 1995. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-859 · 515 U.S. 687 (1995) · Cited 631 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Staples v. United States · 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
• City of Chicago v. Environmental Defense Fund · 511 U.S. 328 (1994)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 514 U.S. 386 (1995)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · 513 U.S. 561 (1995)
• Ratzlaf v. United States · 510 U.S. 135 (1994)
• Reves v. Ernst & Young · 507 U.S. 170 (1993)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. · 486 U.S. 825 (1988)
• Keene Corp. v. United States · 508 U.S. 200 (1993)
• Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. Kellogg · 94 U.S. 469 (1877)
• Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. · 513 U.S. 527 (1995)
• Moskal v. United States · 498 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Gottshall · 512 U.S. 532 (1994)
• Rodriguez v. United States · 480 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Jarecki v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 367 U.S. 303 (1961)
• McBoyle v. United States · 283 U.S. 25 (1931)
• Neal v. Clark · 95 U.S. 704 (1878)
• Geer v. Connecticut · 161 U.S. 519 (1896)
• Beecham v. United States · 511 U.S. 368 (1994)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. National Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc. · 502 U.S. 183 (1991)
• United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Co. · 504 U.S. 505 (1992)
• Russell Motor Car Co. v. United States · 261 U.S. 514 (1923)

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• Bondi v. Vanderstok · 604 U.S. 458 (2025)
• Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez · 590 U.S. 595 (2020)
• United States v. Castleman · 572 U.S. 157 (2014)
• Bullock v. BankChampaign, N. A. · 569 U.S. 267 (2013)
• Barton v. Barr · 590 U.S. 222 (2020)
• Dunn v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission · 519 U.S. 465 (1997)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Boumediene v. Bush · 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
• Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers · 531 U.S. 159 (2001)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
• Chickasaw Nation v. United States · 534 U.S. 84 (2001)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Echazabal · 536 U.S. 73 (2002)
• Van Buren v. United States · 593 U.S. 374 (2021)
• United States v. Haggar Apparel Co. · 526 U.S. 380 (1999)

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